Dr. Sonia Gidwani
Primary Care physician
Dr. Sonia Gidwani trained in General Pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital of NJ/UMDNJ. After one year of Pediatric Endocrinology fellowship at the Weill Cornell Medical Center, she joined St. Luke´s Roosevelt Hospital where she became Chief of Ambulatory Pediatrics. In 2007, she started this private practice on the Upper West Side that has grown to become one of the busiest in the area.
Though a large part of her practice is in General Pediatrics, her expertise is in endocrine diseases of children, including diabetes and obesity. She has published in the field of pediatric endocrinology and has led multiple NIH funded studies. Dr. Gidwani has been named one of the Top Doctors in New York by New York Magazine.
Reina Perl
PEDIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER
CERTIFIED LACTATION CONSULTANT
Reina Perl, PNP, IBCLC (International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners) is a consummate professional with a “can-do” attitude, and brings a bevy of complementary experience to Our Kids’ MD. Reina comes to the practice from Mount Sinai Hospital, where she spent 10 years as a pediatric nurse and lactation specialist in the neonatal ICU. In her “spare time,” Reina became both a pediatric nurse practitioner with a master’s degree from NYU as well as an IBCLC-accredited lactation consultant.
Reina’s proudest accomplishments, however, are her three beautiful children and proud husband. When she’s not chasing down the school bus or supervising homework time, Reina loves traveling and eating coffee-flavored ice cream (though not in that order).
hospital Nursery physician affiliates
We are pleased to collaborate with Dr. Jay Begun and Dr. Yael Wapinsky to provide timely and exceptional care for all our newborn patients in the nursery at Mount Sinai West.